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Meanings of improper in English

Catalan
inapropiat

Not suitable or right or appropriate.

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inapropiat

Not conforming to legality, moral law, or social convention.

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Usage of improper in English
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Question 2: Rate effective implementation of regulations against improper or illicit trade.
Reuters
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She said no improper police conduct tainted the identification in Perry's case.
Reuters
3
My job was to protect the public from improper conduct, she said.
The Guardian
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The improper use of energy devices may increase patient morbidity and mortality.
Pubmed
5
Quality control mechanisms recognize and turnover misassembled RNPs and reject improper substrates.
Pubmed
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Promontory did a review of Standard Chartered's improper transactions, the source said.
Reuters
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Many investors stuck with Cohen despite years of speculation about improper trading.
Reuters
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The actions that sought to further these interests were improper, he said.
Reuters
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Not, of course, that I suggest you would ever do anything improper.
Provenance
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I thought that was deeply improper since I am an independent adviser.
The Guardian
11
The first was improper bonding, which Jawbone says was the core issue.
Wired
12
I consider your attempts to gain access to the surgery are improper.
The coldest blood
13
Soccer:West Ham manager Avram Grant has denied a charge of improper conduct.
The Irish Times
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But I discovered certain passages in the book which are almost improper.
South Wind
15
Others fear that the optimizers will place them in an improper career.
The Complete Rama Omnibus
16
Mrs. Lynn would be much displeased; she would consider it very improper.
Ernest Linwood; or, The Inner Life of the Author
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Catalan
inapropiat
Improper through the time
Improper across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common